Possible New Eruption in Iceland: Dangerous Proximity of Volcanoes

State the Topic

Possible new eruption in Iceland: dangerous proximity of volcanoes.

Provide a Summary of the Text

Eyjafjallajokull After the eruption of Iceland raises the possibility that the nearby volcano Katla, potentially more dangerous, enter eruption, as seems to have happened on previous occasions. This fear is motivated by the possible communication of the volcano through a dam, which modifies the conditions of the magma chamber and may result in an explosion causing enormous economic damage. However, some volcanologists call the calm before the uniqueness of this happening.

Determine the Structure of the Text and Type (Analyzing, Synthesizing, etc.)

Being a newspaper article, it has a very strong structure. Different linguistic and paralinguistic elements make up the different parts of the text. For example, we first find an operator (And if it enters a second volcano eruption in Iceland?) highlighted typographically as it appears in a larger print than the rest of the text in bold. Also in bold are the caption, which broadens the owner. The text illustrates a photograph of the volcano which is discussed and, under it, there is a picture that explains the foot of the image. It also highlights the name of the journalist formally written in capital letters. After this, we find a first introductory paragraph that discusses the issue (the possibility of the eruption of a volcano eruption in Iceland causes a more violent and more serious gum consecutive to the eruption and events), to then develop it. The following three paragraphs are part of this development and each of them focuses on a different aspect: the first is referred to the volcano's history to argue that the possibility is not crazy but real, then explain the reasons that eruption of a volcano eruption of another cause near and, finally, in the last paragraph, citing the catastrophic consequences of the possible trophic explosion although warns that some volcanologists are not likely. Each of the subsections of development is marked formally by a ques-negative statement that focuses the attention of the recipient by helping to establish which aspect of the subject will be worked on and the use of textual markers (why, for example, causal connector opening paragraph helping to determine its content.) It should be noted that at the end of the text the author makes clear that the experts take two completely different positions, are marked by linguistically and other correlates Some of the last paragraph. As explained in the above lines, the journalist begins to raise the issue and then develop it so it is a structure that responds to analyzing also the typical inverted pyramid structural supports of the articles that provide knowledge of the relevant data by reading the first lines.

Justify What is the Dominant Textual Form (Narrative, Descriptive, etc.)

We see that this is an expository-argumentative text. The text aims to transmit information about volcanic activity in Iceland and its possible consequences with the claim that others understand. The development of the subject is clear and tidy, an essential quality if we present the informative nature of the text, it is aimed at non-specialists in the field (remember that it is published in a journal). This is also the cause of the occurrence of a limited number of technicalities which also are two explanations in the text, as well as explaining the abundance of adjectives, appositions, and propositional adjectival subordinate concepts, all characteristics that can be seen in the following sentence: ... are not powered by the same magma chamber, which prepares the pan to high-pressure molten rock, magma. While the journalist is not positioned, conveys the idea that the light eruption in Iceland may result in one of the worst consequences. The argument is justified by this thought to defend the thesis using different types of arguments such as those based on historical fact (because it believes that an explosion of Katja motivated by a previous one has already happened and therefore it can happen again) of cause and effect (the communication between volcanoes causes changes that are indexed inside cause its eruption) or authority (he quotes the words of the geologist specializing in Volcanology Inés Galindo Jiménez). It is in this body of arguments that we can find linguistic features typical of the modality: absence of subjects-to-agent (believed to be ...), and complex syntax with an abundance of textual markers causal and temporal (because, now and when in the second paragraph).

Indicate What Kind of Specific Text in Question, According to the Scope of Use (Scientists, Literary, Humanistic, etc.)

The proposed text is part of the journalistic type for field use as a means of mass communication and is intended for a large and heterogeneous audience. From a current event of interest (the explosion of a volcano in Iceland, which causes chaos in international air), comes this report, exposing details, quotes from experts ... personal style. It presents, as usual in this type, an attractive and suggestive headline, in this case, a large headline (full syntax) that captures the attention of the recipient through the initial interrogation. Both the formal registration as a standard level of the text, which allows for expressions like pot colloquial seeking an approach to the receptor, is adequate and customary in the newspaper type, and the use of quotes (as shown by example, quote, given in the last paragraph) and the use of acronyms (CSIC).

On the other hand, one can appreciate the use of specific language science and technology because of the subject matter, related to the natural sciences (geology). This is most evident in the body argumentative, to explain the causes of volcanic eruption is the consequence of a previous explosion. Stresses that, in the penultimate paragraph of objectivity, it is intended to inform and explain scientific knowledge, hence the use of techniques such as seismic activity ca, dike, magma chamber ... but are explained due to the informative nature of the text. The referential function, as reflected in the absolute prevalence of declarative sentences, is another of the linguistic features of technical and scientific texts, of course, the text before we find-sections.